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‘This is not enough’: East High students to continue fight for gun violence prevention
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For students at Denver’s East High School, the issue of gun violence became personal this year. A 17-year-old student shot and wounded two deans inside of the school in March, and later fatally shot himself. Weeks earlier, 16-year-old East student Luis Garcia died after being shot while sitting in his car on the school campus. A freshman was similarly shot near the campus…
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Bill offering free bleed control kits for schools passes Colorado legislature
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Colorado lawmakers approved a bill to offer schools free bleed control kits on Monday, advancing the proposal to Gov. Jared Polis for final consideration. If signed into law, House Bill 1213 would provide free bleed control kits and training materials to K-12 schools that request them. Bleed control kits are first aid kits designed to control serious…
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‘Our leaders need to do more:’ Colorado family honors school shooting victims at Capitol
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Around 200 people have been killed in school shootings since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. On Monday afternoon, a Colorado family laid one rose for each victim on the steps of the state Capitol building. Stacy Ravenscroft placed the roses with her husband, sister and step-mom, along with the Centennial family’s 11 children. …
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East High School student testifies on gun bills hours after school shooting
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Alexander Cisneros spent Wednesday morning in lockdown after one of his classmates at East High School allegedly shot two faculty members. Seven hours later, he spent the evening advocating for gun safety in front of the Colorado legislature. Just before 10 a.m., a 17-year-old student shot and wounded two deans at East High School in Denver during…
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Colorado court upholds expulsion of DougCo student who allegedly made ‘hitlist,’ allusions to shooting
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A trial judge correctly upheld the Douglas County School District’s expulsion of a student who allegedly created a “hitlist” and made other allusions to school shootings online, Colorado’s second-highest court determined last week. At the time the student, identified as “John Doe,” made the comments over messaging platform Discord, it had been less than a…
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Aurora, Denver to launch gun buyback program in wake of recent youth shootings
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Aurora and Denver are partnering to host a gun buyback program next year in response to recent youth shootings in the metro area. Aurora was rocked recently by two shootings outside of local high schools. The first shooting, outside of Aurora Central High School, left six teenage students wounded on Nov. 15. Four days later,…
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Parkland school-shooting survivor gives fiery pro-gun-rights speech at Denver summit
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Kyle Kashuv is 17 and will be a senior in high school this fall. Between now and then, he’s actively recruiting other high school students to join him in learning about conservative values and to promote his ideas on gun rights. It’s a position that sets him apart from some of the other students at his high…
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Arn Menconi joins race to unseat Rep. Scott Tipton in 3rd CD
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Former Eagle County commissioner and social justice advocate Arn Menconi said Monday he’s getting in the race to unseat incumbent Republican Rep. Scott Tipton of Cortez in the 3rd Congressional District. That puts him on a primary collision course, however, with former state Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush of Steamboat Springs and Glenwood Springs city attorney Karl Hanlon.…
